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W. D. READY.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 394,394. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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W. D. READY. TEMPORARY BINDER. No. 394.394. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM D. READY, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,394, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed December 15, 1887. Serial No. 257,994- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. READY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices known as temporary binders for books, papers, and other analogous purposes; and the purpose thereof is to provide simple and inexpensive means whereby the ends of the binding-wires may be easily, quickly, and effectively fastened in such position as to confine the matter already in the binder,while at the same time it is in proper-condition to receive additional sheets by simply releasing the fastening to enable the wires to be passed through the paper.

It is a further purpose of my invention to provide a novel and simple fastening having such a construction that it may be readily disengaged from and attached to the flap or stub of the binding-cover.

I propose, also, to so simplify and improve this class of fastenings or binders as to render the same easily transferable to a new binding-cover when the one in use is filled, and to simplify and improve the several parts composing said device in the manner hereinafter set forth, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same parts, the false covers being closed. Fig.4 is a perspective view of the false covers 'opened, showing a modified form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a further modification. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 5, the section-plane being taken in substantially the plane (3 4i and the upper cover being removed. Fig. 7 is a cross-section of Fig. 5, showing the false covers bent over upon the stubs to bring the fastenings inside. Fig. 8 is a plan view of a modified form of binder adapted for use as a newspaper-binder. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 8 upon substantially the central line thereof.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 denotes the false binding-covers, one of which is provided with a stub or flap, 2, and the other with a similar flap, :3, flexibly attached to their covers. These stubs or flaps may be formed of any suitable material; but I prefer to use in their construction metallic plates 3,which may be covered by the stained leather of the flaps.

In one of the stubs, 2, I form any suitable number of openings,4 and 4", preferably arranged in pairs, and through said openings I pass a wire cord or other flexible fastening, 5, having one end secured in one opening, 4, and thence carried through the other opening, 4, and up through the stub. In the stub 2*, I form openings 6, registering with the openings 4 when the covers are brought together in proper relative position, as seen in Fig. 1. In this stub 2, on opposite sides of the central opening, 6, I form eyelet-holes 7, for the attachment of a plate, 8, having flexible oints 9 ada ted to enter said holes 7 and be P p bent upon the opposite surface of the stub. This plate has upon one side a strip of metal bent over and upon itself to form a hook or hinge, 10, and upon the opposite side, near one end of the plate, is a catch or detent, 12.

Lying upon the stub 2 is an elastic metal plate, 13, having a narrow longitudinal slot, 14, near one edge, in or near the central part of the plate, and in this slot enters the hook or hinge 10, confining the plate to the stub, permitting its longitudinal movement to the length of the slot 14, and also allowing the plate 13 to turn up and off the stub. Between the said slot 14 and the opposite edge of the plate 13 is a parallel slot, 15, having at one end an opening, 10. The catch or detent 12 runs in this slot 15 and prevents the hing ing movement of the metal plate 13, save when the said detent is brought into the opening 16 by the longitudinal movement of the plate. At the angle between the end of the slot 15 and the opening 16 a cut, 17, is formed in the metal, and the metal point 12 thus formed is bent away from the horizontal plane of the plate.

Upon the stub 2, I mount short pins] each having a notch, 19. These pins lie under the ends of the plate 13, in which I cut longitudinal slots 20, similar to the central In use I prefer to employ woven wires 5,

though I may employ cords or other fastenings, either metallic or otherwise. The ends of said cords, after passing from the flap 2, as

set forth, thence through the papers, and then through the openings 6 in the other stub, are Simply bent down upon the said stub, and the plate 13 being brought down on the stub, as in Figs. 1. and 2, a secure fastening is provided.

In place of the single plate 13, I may use as many independent plates 23 as there are separate ends to be fastened, each plate being attached to the stub and having the same construction as that shown in Fig. 1, save that the slotted extremities of the plate, as well as the pins 18, are admitted, as seen in Fig. 4.

It is evident that the stubs 2 and 2 may be either lapped inward, as in Figs. 3 and 7, or allowed to lie in the same planes with the covers to which they are attached.

I may use, in place of the wires or cords 5,

rigid posts 24, mounted on one flap, 2, and projecting through openings in the other flap, 2. Upon the latter flap I mount a plate, 25, longitudinally adjustable in a loop, 26, and hav' ing slots'27 in each end, each terminating in an opening, 28, and provided with cuts 29. The-posts 24, having notches 30, may be engaged therewith by passing the posts up through openings 28 and then sliding the plate 25. turned outward or inward, as seen in Figs. and 7, respectively.

I mount the pins or posts 24 upon the flap 2, preferably in the manner shown in Fig. 6. These pins, being rigidly mounted upon or near the opposite extremities of a flexible or elastic plate, 31, are each provided at or near their base with a notch, 32. .The openings 33 in the stub 2, through which these posts or pins are inserted, are formed at a little greater distance from each other than the interval separating the pins. Hence, when the latter ar e i'iisrted and pushed up, they will tend to bend away from each other, and when the notches 32 reach the edges of the stub 2, or metal plate 3, forming part of said stub, they will spring toward each other and engage the said notches with the stub, as shown in Fig. 6. In order to steady the plate 31, I may form thereon points 34, projecting into or through the stub 2.

A cheap newspaper-file may be formed by removing the stubs 2 and 2 entirely or by using two metallic plates, 35, conforming substantially to the construction of the stub 2 and plate 13. (Shown in Fig. 1.) Between In this form, also, the stubs may be said parts'is arranged a plate, 36, having openings for the wire fastenings 5, and provided with short pins 37, having notches 38, said intermediate plate corresponding substantially with the stub 2 if the latter were to be removed from the false cover. In fact, the newspaper-file is substantially the same thing as the stubs 2 and 2, with their adjuncts, provided they were severed from the false covers. A handle, 39, may be attached to the end of the plate.

The material to be bound may be attached as shown in Fig. 6, small notches being cut or formed in the end edges to engage with the pins or posts 24.

' The plate is preferably elastic and bent so that its ends will normally spring off the posts or pins 18 or 24 when the latter are brought into the openings 16, as seen in Fig. 1.

It will be seen in Fig. 8 that, instead of the slot 14 in the plate 13, I may simply cut away the edge of the plate to receive the detent 12. A cut, 40, is formed in the edge of the plate, and a point, 41, is bent out of the plane of the plate. This, as well as the similar construction shown in the other figures, is similar to that shown in former patents granted me to prevent the accidental displacement of the plate 13.

My fasteners are not liable to be lost or bent, as is the case where detached fasteners are used.

There is no danger of wounding the fingers, as sometimes has happened in pushing upon the sheet as it rests over the bent end of the pointed Wire, and a child or any inexperienced person can use the binder without danger of I piercing the fingers.

'Heretofore a temporary binder has been made consisting of a rigid base havlng studs or pins rigidly mounted thereon and provided with lips or shoulders upon two sides,

in combination with a strip pivotally mounted between said studs, and having notches upon IIO its opposite sides, which engage said studs 343,066, granted me the 1st day of June, 1886,

and I make no claim herein to the invention shown in said patent.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A file and binder composed of covers having stubs or flaps, wires or cords attached to one and passing through the other stub, and one or more longitudinally-sliding hinged strips or plates mounted on said stub and confining the ends of the wires, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the covers of a file and binder, each having a stub or flap flexibly attached thereto, of wires or cords fastened to one stub and passing through the other, a metal plate having slots at the end and central portion, each slot having an open-- ing to receive a notched post on the stub, and a fastening-plate hinged to said stub and 111, ving a flap which passes through the slot in the center of the plate, substantially as described.

The combination, with the cover having a stub flexibly connected thereto, of the hingeplate having points at its end passing through and bent upon said stub and provided with a detent and flap, and the hinged slotted plate 13, substantially as described,

4. The combination, with the cover having the stub flexibly attached thereto and having openings at or near its ends, of the plate having posts or pins mounted thereon at an interval slightly less than that between the openings, said pins havin notches near their In testimony whereof 'I affix my signature in 25 presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. READY. lVitnesses:

WM. H. LUSK, WM. II. J oHNsoN. 

